Math 121: Intermediate Calculus (Spring 2018)

This course is focused on integration techniques, series, and parametric/polar equations.

Office hours

• My regular office hours in SMUD 510: Tuesday 2:45-4:15 (with my dog), Wednesday 1:15-3:45, and Friday 1:30-2:30 in SMUD 510.
• Math Fellow office hours (Joe Schneider and Margaret Medina-Pena): Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 8-10pm, in SMUD 206. Q Center drop-in hours in Merrill 202: TBA

Handouts and other items

• Syllabus
• 1/22: Exponential review problems / Solutions
• 1/23: Overview of e^x and ln(x) (review)
• 1/29: Inverse trig practice / Solutions
• 1/31: L’Hôpital’s rule notes (with examples and solutions)
• 2/2: Indeterminate form notes (with examples and solutions)
• 2/6: Integration by parts examples / Solutions

• Review handouts on convergence tests (from Danielle Benedetto):

  • Geometric series
  • Nth Term Divergence Test (NTDT)
  • p-Series
  • Integral Test
  • Comparison Test
  • Limit Comparison Test
  • Alternating Series Test
  • Absolute Convergence Test
  • Ratio Test
• Converge Tests Summary
• Polar curve examples

Homework

Problem sets will be posted here. All problem sets will be submitted online via Gradescope.

• Problem Set 1 (due 1/24 by midnight)
• Problem Set 2 (due 1/31 by midnight)
• Problem Set 3 (due 2/7 by midnight)
• Problem Set 4 (due 2/14 by midnight)
• Problem Set 5 (due 2/21 by midnight)
• Problem Set 6 (due 2/28 by midnight)
• Problem Set 7 (due 3/7 by midnight)
• Problem Set 8 (due 3/21 by midnight)
• Problem Set 9 (due 3/28 by midnight)
• Problem Set 10 (due 4/4 by midnight)
• Problem Set 11 (due 4/11 by midnight)
• Problem Set 12 (due 4/18 by midnight)
• Problem Set 13 (due 4/30 by midnight)

Exams

Exams and solutions will be posted here after they are given.

• Midterm 1 (Solutions) Friday, February 16.

  • Sample Exam 1 / Key (Disregard problem 4(b))
  • Sample Exam 2 / Key (Disregard problem 4 and the optional bonus)
  • Sample Exam 3 / Key (Disregard problem 4(b))

• Midterm 2 (Solutions) Friday, March 23.

• Review packet / Solutions (Note: you may omit any crossed-out problems, which concern topics that won’t be on our midterm this semester)
• Topic list
• Sample Exam 1 / Key

• Sample Exam 2 / Key

• Midterm 3 (Solutions) Friday, April 20.

• Topic list
• Review problems / Solutions
• Sample Exam 1 / Key
• Sample Exam 2 / Key

• Sample Exam 3 / Key

• Final Exam / Solutions Monday, May 7, at 2pm in MERR 2.

• Sample Exams: (each has some problems crossed out because we did not cover that topic in our section this term)

  • Spring 2015 / Key
  • Fall 2015 / Key
  • Spring 2016 / Key
  • Fall 2016 / Key
  • Spring 2017 / Key
• Review packet on polar coordinates